If you want to get into the holiday spirit and have a good laugh at the same time, one movie stands out as the quintessential Holiday flick. That movie is Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. The 1987 John Hughes classic is funny and heart-warming. John Candy plays a well-meaning but obnoxious oaf, and Steve Martin plays an over-wound advertising executive. Both endure everything that can go wrong while traveling during the holidays.

The movie is available on Amazon.com if you don’t already own it. It’s also on Netflix, how convenient.

Planes, Trains And Automobiles [Blu-ray]

Planes, Trains And Automobiles (BD)

Steve Martin and John Candy star in John Hughes' classic tale of holiday travel gone awry. Neal Page (Martin) is an uptight adverti sing execut ive trying to get home to Chicago for Thanksgiving. When his flight is r erouted to Wichita, he reluctantly partners with Del Griffith (Candy), a n obnoxious yet loveable salesman. Together, they embark on a cross-coun try adventure that includes various m odes of transportation, hilarious mishaps, and unforgettable rental car shenanigans. Planes, Trains an d Automobiles is "a screwb all comedy with a heart" (Roger Ebert, Chicag o Sun-Times). Now with all-new bonus features, the "Those Aren't Pillows !" Edition is a perfect holiday treat that lasts all year.

Other Holiday Classics

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation [Blu-ray]

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (BD)

Newly Remastered on Blu-ray! This holiday season, Clark Griswold [CHEVY CHASE] vows his clan will enjoy "the most fun-filled family Christmas ever." Before you can sing "Fa-la-la-la-lah," he decks the halls with howls of folly in the perennial favorite National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Seeing is believing. There are 25,000 lights on the roof. An exploding turkey on the dining room table. A SWAT team taking siege outside. A festive supporting cast [including BEVERLY D'ANGELO, RANDY QUAID, JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS, JULIETTE LEWIS, WILLIAM HICKEY and more]. And a John Hughes script full of wit, heart and sheer goofiness. Yule love it!

Unaltered original version, as aired in 1978 (comercial free) with bonus material. The most infamous 2 hours of Star Wars programming ever to grace television sets! This show was so bad that it was never re-aired, and has become a cult classic among Star Wars fans.